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A man attacked his partner so violently with a machete that ‘he snapped it from its handle’ after going on a 72-hour drink and drugs binge.

Manchester Crown Court heard how Aron Jae Condor’s victim was asleep before he began ‘raining blows’ on her head and back in the early hours of the morning.

The frenzied attack left the muscle from the victim’s right shoulder exposed after Condor sliced through it.

Aron Jae Condor was sentenced to 12 years and eight months in prison (Picture: MEN MEDIA)

Condor, of Clayton, Manchester, met with his victim in the summer of 2016, after which the pair had an 18-month relationship.

The relationship started off well, however the defendant started suffering from ‘increasing bouts of depression, fuelled by alcohol and drugs’, which led the relationship to turn violent.

On February 24 this year, Condor was ‘high on drink and drugs’ after a three-day bender after which he carried out the brutal attack.

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The couple had been arguing over an ‘innocuous’ whatsapp message in the early hours of the morning.

Toxicology reports found that Condor, 40, had ‘cannabis, alcohol and a metabolite of cocaine in his system’.

Manchester Crown Court heard the victim was asleep for 10-15 mins when she ‘awoke to find him raining blows on her back and head’

Miss Andrea Lock, prosecuting, told the court that his ex-decided to go to sleep in another room after Condor became verbally aggressive and ‘made a conscious decision to stay fully clothed in case she needed to escape quickly’.

The victim had only been asleep for 10-15 mins when she ‘awoke to find him raining blows on her back and head’.

After repeated blows, Condor then turned on himself and ‘chopped at his own neck, causing a laceration’, allowing the victim an opportunity to escape.

She ran to the home of a neighbour who had heard her screams for help at around 4.45am.

The injuries were potentially life threatening. They could’ve had catastrophic, fatal consequences’, Miss Lock told the court.